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Temple is an Elixir DSL for writing HTML.

Installation

Add temple to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [
    {:temple, "~> 0.9.0-rc.0"}
  ]
end

Goals

Currently Temple has the following things on which it won't compromise.

• Will only work with valid Elixir syntax.
• Should work in all web environments such as Plug, Aino, Phoenix, and Phoenix LiveView.

Usage

Using Temple is as simple as using the DSL inside of an temple/1 block. The runtime result of the macro is your HTML.

See the guides for more details.

import Temple

temple do
  h2 do: "todos"

  ul class: "list" do
    for item <- @items do
      li class: "item" do
        div class: "checkbox" do
          div class: "bullet hidden"
        end

        div do: item
      end
    end
  end

  script do: """
  function toggleCheck({currentTarget}) {
    currentTarget.children[0].children[0].classList.toggle("hidden");
  }

  let items = document.querySelectorAll("li");

  Array.from(items).forEach(checkbox => checkbox.addEventListener("click", toggleCheck));
  """
end

Components

Temple components are simple to write and easy to use.

Unlike normal partials, Temple components have the concept of "slots", which are similar Vue. You can also refer to HEEx and Surface for examples of templates that have the "slot" concept.

Please see the guides for more details.

defmodule MyAppWeb.Component do
  import Temple

  def card(assigns) do
    temple do
      section do
        div do
          slot :header
        end

        div do
          slot :default
        end

        div do
          slot :footer
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

Using components is as simple as passing a reference to your component function to the c keyword.

import MyAppWeb.Component

c &card/1 do
  slot :header do
    @user.full_name
  end

  @user.bio

  slot :footer do
    a href: "https://twitter.com/#{@user.twitter}" do
      "@#{@user.twitter}"
    end
    a href: "https://github.com/#{@user.github}" do
      "@#{@user.github}"
    end
  end
end

Engine

By default, Temple will use the EEx.SmartEngine that is built into the Elixir standard library. If you are a web framework that uses it's own template engine (such as Aino and Phoenix/LiveView, you can configure Temple to it!

# config/config.exs

config :temple,
  engine: Aino.View.Engine # or Phoenix.HTML.Engine or Phoenix.LiveView.Engine

Formatter

To include Temple's formatter configuration, add :temple to your .formatter.exs.

[
  import_deps: [:temple],
  inputs: ["*.{ex,exs}", "priv/*/seeds.exs", "{config,lib,test}/**/*.{ex,exs,lexs}"],
]

Phoenix

To use with Phoenix, please use the temple_phoenix package! This bundles up some useful helpers as well as the Phoenix Template engine.

Related

• Introducing Temple: An elegant HTML library for Elixir and Phoenix
• Temple, AST, and Protocols
• Thinking Elixir Episode 92: Temple with Mitchell Hanberg
• How EEx Turns Your Template Into HTML